Tag: Kano Emirate

Kano Emirate Tussle: High Court hears suit stopping Bayero, 4 others June 24

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Aminu Bayero

A Kano State High Court has fixed June 24, 2024, for hearing a motion on notice seeking to restrain the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and four others as emirs of Kano. The trial judge, Justice Amina Aliyu, adjourned the matter after listening to arguments from both applicants on whether the applicants had been served with the order. The applicants in the matter are the attorney-general of Kano State, the Kano State House of Assembly Speaker and the Kano State House of Assembly. The applicants, through their counsel,…

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Kano emirship tussle: CJN summons judges over conflicting orders

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CJN summons

…As tension rises in Kano Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court, over conflicting interim injunctions amidst Kano emirship tussle. Recall that Justice S.A. Amobeda, of the Federal High Court in Kano, had issued an order to evict the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II from the ?ofar-Kudu Palace. The order had enforced the authority of the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. “An order of interim injunction…

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Kano Emirate Tussle: Northern Traditional Ruling Council sues for calm

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Northern Traditional Ruler

The Northern Traditional Ruling Council, under the chairmanship of His Eminence, Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar II, has expressed concerned with the situation in Kano as it affects the revered institution. In an issued statement signed by the Chairman Coordinating Committee, Northern Traditional Rulers Council, Justice Lawal Hassan Gummi, the Council, with all sense of responsibility, calls for restraint on the part of the disputants in the interest of peace and stability. The document called for calm, as the matter was in Court and is therefore sub-judice. The Council further prayed…

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?Kano: ?”I’ll report judge who stopped Sanusi’s reinstatement from US” – Gov.

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Abba Yusuf

Kano State governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf, yesterday, promised to report Justice Mohammed Liman, of a Federal High Court, for allegedly giving an order stopping the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano from the United States. He said he would report the judge to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, (NGF). Justice Liman had granted the order in an application filed by the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate, Aminu Babba ?an-Agundi, to stop the Kano State Government from enforcing the Kano State Emirate Council Repeal Law that…

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?Kano Emirate Tussle: Northern Elders urges Govt., politicians Kwankwaso, Ganduje to exercise caution

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Northern Elders

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), says it is extremely worried and profoundly agitated by the recent events in Kano, where emirates have been multiplied and traditional rulers dethroned and replaced, saying it is a clear example of the struggles faced by traditional rulers in the country. A statement issued bythe NEF’s Director, Publicity and Advocacy,Abdul-Azeez Suleiman,, said the Forum is worried that the recent crisis surrounding the emirate in the State has raised tensions and concerns among the public. The NEF urged Kano State Government and politicians involved to exercise…

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